respiratory system crossword
Across
- 8. A group of recordings taken during sleep that shows brain wave changes, eye movements, breathing rate, blood pressure, heart rate, and the electrical activity of the heart and other muscles.
- 9. an operation to open the chest
- 11. chest
- 12. carry air into lungs
- 13. against
- 15. radioactive image of the lungs
- 16. The area of the throat containing the vocal cords and used for breathing, swallowing, and talking
- 17. emergency room
Down
- 1. machine that acts as bellows to move air in and out of your lungs
- 2. tonsil
- 3. a physician who specializes in the respiratory system
- 4. inflammation of epiglottitis
- 5. blood pressure
- 6. condition
- 7. fast
- 10. A ridge at the base of the trachea (windpipe) that separates the openings of the right and left main bronch
- 11. process of cutting
- 13. temporary interruption of breathing
- 14. artery